About

Umesh Kanodia is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with over 15 years of experience in planning, designing, developing, managing, and delivering large-scale, user-centric, and high-quality software solutions. He is highly skilled in providing proactive customer support via cross-regional interactions with a variety of product engineers/directors and customer engagement teams. He has mastered all phases of the software development life cycle and is keen to drive future technology implementations by continuously acquiring new knowledge and developing innovative solutions. Umesh holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a Master's degree in Business Administration from IIM Lucknow. He is a highly experienced software engineer with a strong technical background and expertise in software development. He has worked in various roles at Microsoft, including Senior Software Engineer, and has also worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems. At Cadence Design Systems, Umesh was responsible for managing two products - SPEF (Standard Parasitic Exchange Format) Writer/Reader and RC (extracted parasitic) database (RCDB) tool. He optimized the Cadence’s SPEF Writer/Reader, making it highly efficient and adaptive for any new change. He also developed the RC Database, an extremely crucial technology with highly optimal run-time/memory for random-order RC write/read and manipulations. Umesh has a strong technical background and is proficient in various software development technologies. He has experience in Senior Software Engineering and Software Engineering and is continuously acquiring new knowledge to develop innovative solutions.